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WHITE, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5237 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Haddington, Scotland. , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 10 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery INSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED BROTHER OF J. & W. WHITE OF PERTH, W.A. Grave Reference: I. A. 16. , Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Victoria Park War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5237, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5237, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of Thomas and Ann White of Scotland and the brother of J.and W. White of Perth, Western Australia.
Commemorated in the churchyard of St Marys Church, the largest Parish Church in Scotland. The earliest reference to a church in Haddington dates from 1139
Founded as a Collegiate Church in 1380, and taking over one hundred years to build, the church was largely ruined during the mid sixteenth century Siege of Haddington. This was after the Rough Wooing by Henry VIII the siege of Haddington taking place in 1548-49.
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